~Dahlia POV~
It was way past noon by the time another living soul came into my hospital room, and this time, it wasn't Sadie like I had half expected, it was Dr Ava in the company of an old woman with silvery waist-long hair and eyes that glinted with a very warm light.
My eyes widened as I took in her appearance— bloodied lips, blood strained gray dress that stopped under her ankles and a patch of filthy rag that she pressed against her lips whenever an earth-shattering cough wracked her tiny frame.
"Grandmama Lupe, can you hold still for a moment? I want to carry you to the bed." I heard Dr Ava ask the frail woman and I watched in a mixture of worry and shock as she nodded.
Dr Ava wasted no time in lifting the woman off the floor and carrying her to the bed situated by the furthest end of the room, one that I had initially thought was kept for visitors who decided to sleep over, but now that I think about it, I realized that I'd been wrong the entire time.